March 12, 2019, 2:38 PM GMT By Allan SmithPresident Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that airplanes are becoming "far too complex" following an Ethiopian Airlines flight over the weekend that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people — including eight Americans — on board. "Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," Trump wrote. The plane that crashed was a Boeing 737 Max 8, the same model as an Indonesian Lion Air flight that crashed after takeoff in October, killing all 189 people on board. Other countries including Britain, Australia, China, Singapore, Indonesia and Argentina have grounded the Boeing 737 Max jets. Data from the Aviation Safety Network showed that the number of airliner accidents per million flights has dropped considerably since the 1970s.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2019 14:39 UTC